Being a down stream country is just bad luck like being a land lock country. Things aren't under your control. Daming up rivers leading to less water flow isn't a recent happening. US damed up the Colorado river, decreasing the water Mexico got back in 1950s. Even until now, Mexico is powerless to do anything. Today, engineering and scientific break through has made dams a lot more practical and the need to de-carbonize has given all the governments the political will to build more dams. Futhermore, it gives upstream countries a political bargaining tool and every country will use this tool. Turkey, an upsteam country, has build many dams along the Tigris and Euphrates that Iraq is literally suffering from drought because the river is their only source of water in the desert climate. This maybe morally wrong but Turkeys government first priority is too look after is own people and the dam helps Turkeys economy and geo-politican landscape. India is also taking advantage of their upstream location. India doesn't have the money and expertise like China so they are a bit behind but India has already started to many projects more plans to build more. Bangladesh and Pakistan has no say in what India can do inside their own border. Furthermore, India needs these dam because similar to China, India also needs more green energy and flood control methods. Of couse, there is also the matter of geo politics and India wants Pakistan feel the pinch. China is building more dams to meet their green energy and water demands. The dams along the yellow and Yangtze also helps in the flood control. And like any country would, China is also using their geographical advantage for political reasons. Ethiopia has now completed their great Renaissance Dam. This dam will affect the flow of Nile since the dam is build on the path of Blue Nile. Egypt isn't happy at all but Egypt can't dictate what Ethiopia does inside their own border and how Ethiopia uses its resources. The answer to the problem is diplomacy but the upstream country will always have more power. That is unless, upstream country economy and military weaker than downstream country. Nepal is unable to take advantage because India is stronger that Nepal.
Soooo... downstream countries have to lie down and surrender? They should accept less drinking water and less food from dead, drying farmlands? If you're gonna treat you're neighbors as less than you, maybe they will dehumanise you back.
@@nikobellic570 Should rich people share their money to poor to make everyone else a bit happy? Should countries with higher food production give countries will low food production their surplus food? Should OPCE give oil to countries that produce less/no oil to help others with cheap energy? Should countries with many productive farmland give some of their land to desert countries so others don't starve? The world we live in isn't a fantasy. Every person has their own interest and every country has their own national interest. If taking certain action gives them advantage than they are likely to take the action. I know the things I have said are unfair but I am just being realistic here. Their is such a thing called geographical advantage. People have been using geography to their advantage for ages and it isn't going to stop now.
@@crishhari5903 You are right. Every resources has a price. People who are taking resources for free from other people should not take it for granted. Through out history, rivers carry nutrients from up stream regions to downstream regions, carrying valuable resources away from upstream people and enriching downstream people. Technology finally provides the impoverished upstream people a means to change the natural balance a little less bad for them, giving them a new of the few options they have to improve their lives. A fair solution should be based on the principle that downstream people, which always are much richer and more prosperous from enjoying millions years of free resources at the expense of upstream people, should begin to pay for the water and nutrients they receive from upstream.
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Mekon River only 13% originate from upstream China. Even the China hold all the 13%, most effect is 13% drop. But dam has to release water to generate electricity. Environmental change, downstream reckless sand mining and construction activities are the major causes..
This is all about politics. It’s fine to criticize China air pollution, but not ok for China to harvest green energy. Chinese solar panels farm is harming desert, planting tree is ruin the eco system, building dam is blocking water, a combination of sour grape and stereotype.
This is how Sgp displays it's deference,..it's sycophancy... to it's sovereign, Murica, using it's state-media, though the govt publicly but clumsily attempts to portray a neutral stance. And occasionally it send it's rabid anti-China ex-diplomat Kausikan to say/write something egregious to poke the bear, so to speak. 😁
I'm a chinese. This episode about the people who live along the international river. They are sad because their lives have been changed. It's emotional and sad to me too. However, I want to know the real effect of building dams to the enviroment, a scientific reaserch explains how the dams affect the river. for example, China said water could be controled within chinese border is only 13%. and china does not use up the water but stored the water for a while and let go later. So the majority of the water is out of control from China. there are other reasons why they got less fish, climate change, overfishing, polution, overpopulation...look at the water color in the river, in china part it's clean and fresh, but look at the other part, yellow, dirty. Why not water polution is main reason for less fish? Why don't cna interview more scientists instead of only fisherman,
You know that even single dam in a wrong place can make migratory species extinct completely right? (If don't know, you can check out why Chinese paddlefish extinct).
@@enigma6682 I welccome all scientific research arguements. but CNA did not show that to me. It invited fisherman and activitists to argure no dam, of course they do. but Is this convincing to you? CNA could invite scientists from Tailand, vietnam or any country to comment on it. All human activities would somewhat harm the nature and eliminating the human beings is the only way to put the nature back to normal.
@@liveinsea1 -local should be the first who know what happened after the dam (like fish number decrease, more drought, migratory fish disappear etc.) -Sad to say, but I don't think there is many scientists in the area can give much honest answer (if there is any at all) I live in Thailand, and every time if there is a plan for dam constructions, who oppose it is usually (if not always) local(that mostly because they need to relocate), NGO and environmentalists, but not have scientists who being specialist about it. I understand your point, and would glad to see interview with scientists but it not that easy (or who know, because of agenda of this media) if you want a documentary about Mekong that featured scienctists (including Chinese WWF water expert), I think you should try DW documentary. ua-cam.com/video/9ITfw_VODW4/v-deo.html&ab_channel=DWDocumentary
@@enigma6682 I got your point and agree that there is a fight btw economic development and enviromental protection. It applies to every country along the river. Each government want to built dams when they get chances and so the scientists will not against the governments. But are fisherman good people? not at all, they overfishing to make more money, they want more compensation from their government, nobody really care the enviroment. the solution is using solar panel at end that DW documentary is laughable because the government builds dams to generate electricity to run factories not just some lights at night. the CNA episode directing the problems fully to China is evil. human beings are greedy, they want big house good food, lights, AC, cars, and blame others for their problems.
@@liveinsea1 - there's 3 types of fisherman, villager who use traditional methods and catch only what they want to eat in daily basis, commercial fisherman that follow the quota limit and have a responsible, and who use destructive fishing methods like dynamite, trawling etc. for commercial purposes, the first and second are ok, the latter is horrible and need to be stopped, both in the west and in the east. - really agreed that every country along the river side are greedy and usually prefer development over environment protection, however some countries are less caring than the other, and honestly, China and many countries in SEA not have such a great record about conservation in the recent decades (sorry to say that, I know there's alot of effort by some people, but seem it doesn't enough).
for a serious topic like this, strongly suggest CNA interview more scientists and provide more scientific data, instead of only interview the so called environment activists and fisher men, saying sentimental words won’t analyze this topic objectively.
As a freshwater ecologist studying food webs upstream of Three Gorges Dam in China, I can tell you that these issues are very complex and that we still don't understand very much at all in terms of the short and longer term ecological impacts. This broadcast is simply political activism that cherry picks information and tries to appeal to the viewers emotion by presenting individuals impacted by water shortages. Further, people should be aware that all users of the Mekong River are constructing dams or have plans to. This issue is much larger than just how one country is managing their section of the river. It's a global issue that exist both between and within countries.
Do Dams improve or deterioate the predictability of water flow? Given the changing climate nowadays? Producer seem like bias on one side with an hidden pre-sumption. There are over-fishing problem everywhere, not just at riverbank but also at sea. CNA need to up your game for missing too much critical arguements to get a balance view and reporting.
This kind of interview with citizens to discuss the allocation of resources between countries is meaningless, because this is not an issue of the environment and people's livelihood, but an issue of interest and control between countries. You can refer to how India controls Pakistan and Nepal through industries, how India controls Bangladesh through Brahmaputra, how Iraq was broken down by the UK into a water-scarce country, and so on.
ther is one treaty of water sharing and mangement btw india and pakistan..and two btw india and bangladesh..it myt be political but still takes the environment into consideration by sharing the information and not waking up to a full blown dam like in china.. its just like imposing one child policy and waking up to a disproportionate gender ratio and aging population..
if interviewing the man on the street, the very people who are affected by the damming, is meaningless, then all documentaries will be meaningless, and all forms of journalism will also be meaningless, and we should just leave our hands in the fate of political leaders......rather, interviewing citizens make perfect sense because their livelihoods are affected, their culture is being threatened. In fact, this documentary's target audiences are the man on the street, your every day citizens.
The US has been running this propaganda against Chinese dams on the Mekong for 2 decades now. China works closely with the Mekong River Commission comprising of nations along the Mekong to regulate the river flow. Floods during the monsoon period have been reduced while increased flow released from the dams during the dry season reduce the ingress of seawater into the delta and affecting the rice fields. More stable water flow and levels also increase fish populations, The proof is that there has been no shortages of fish for the last 20 years. The electricity from dams also reduce air pollution, reduce the fuel imports and enable the scarce funds to be diverted toward education, health facilities, etc. CNA is partly owned by US interests.
@@wulung5943 Mekong Giant Catfish (Pangasianodon gigas), Giant pangasius (Pangasius sanitwongsei), Julien golden carp (Probarbus jullieni), Mekong giant salmon carp (Aaptosyax grypus) etc. All of them are critically endangered.
Good luck in the sense that the controlled flow will minimize regular flood and drought. The volume of flow is not impeded with proper water management. A win-win situation.
I thinks thesse two Thai activists are on western paryroll. Thailand built the dam on the rivers and why China,, Laos and others can't built the dams on the own territories.
From the interview, I feel Thai fishermen blame all the changes of Mekong river to the dams. But actually climate change is already a world issue and they also have their own problems about pollution...
yes climate change and environmental issues are aplenty and are also of concern. But those questions are probably more relevant for another documentary. It is best to be objective and stay with the central theme of the mega dams in China and how it affects the ASIAN communities.
@@matlim right. This way, the fishermen's complaint about catching few fish is because of the dam and not how they all net fish the river day after days for years and still expect a bountiful harvest on subsequence years. Or the fact that the polluted water might also contribute to the decline of fish in the river. Let just target Chinese dams only.
Isn't it true that this dam can generate hydro-electricity, which helps to reduce carbon emission and fight against global warming? So do you prefer burning more coal?
but unfortunately, if you weigh up the positives and negatives, with all the environmental and socio-cultural issues factored in for this case study, then it does not sound that sustainable anymore. There are other alternatives of sustainable energy, such as wind, solar, and even small nuclear stations that can be considered
Dams don't stop the flow of rivers, it just delays for a little bit so it can be harnessed to generate power. If there is no dam, the water will just flow straight to the sea. If there is a dam, you can delay and stretch the water supply a little bit until the next rainy season or spring again. The instances where they are showing the river drying up or or lowering in depth will always happen during the dry season whether the dams are there or not. Frankly, the river drying up is delayed by the installation of the dams.
organic material that are trapped by each dam also brings about devastating changes to the river habitats, reducing aquatic biodiversity and decreasing the river's biological resilience to environmental changes. The holding back of water is only a part of the story
@@matlim So why not complain about the more than 15,000 dams in the US too? Or the more than 57,000 large dams worldwide? Yet you only complain about China's dams if what you are concerned are the destruction caused by dams in general. There goes your argument, next time think it over...
Building dam in every one thousand miles is okay what China are doing in upper Mekong river is a major problem for the rest of lower Mekong river not only caused water to delayed the flow of water but it also preventing the fish from migration up and down the Mekong river.
I don't see how building dams will decrease a rivers total yearly outflow. Sure the discharge rate might change, but unless they're diverting it else where shouldn't it be the same? The Chinese government could do more in the form of communications with downstream communities, that should be relatively straightforward compared to building dams. ☮️
3 sets of rule to conquer any country. The land, air and water... Land expansion has been in progress, air has been also in progress with military sector increasing mobility and now the water by dams .. China is already seeing 10 steps ahead of a lot of countries with dozens of smoke screens... china strategist is smart
Water will be key resources in future ; let hope technology find away to made water cheap instead of relied on river which will dry up once gracia all smell
These dams are good for control floods. For sure, they will cause some changes to the environment and the lifestyle of the local people. However, we need to weigh the gain and lose. It is wrong to be just one-sided. CNA is very much biased on this issue.
This is similar to Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt disagreement over water. Downstream Countries can build dam on the river but all protest when upstream County also wants to build dam on the river.
If these people truly cares about environment, they need to do an episode of Japan releasing nuclear waste water into the ocean and its consequence. Even for global warming, sure China is the biggest carbon emission country in the world. but why ? what are they making all the goods for, the western world and the rest of the world. had every country made their own goods, China's emission will dramatically drop. Globally as a whole, carbon might actually increase if each country choose to produce individually - economy of scale. Also, who has been burning the most fossil fuel in the last 50 years or 100 years - the western worlds or more developed part of the planet earth. They already polluted in the past, global warming is a accumulative problem not an overnight crisis. you do what you gotta do.
so basically your answer is whataboutism? So Japan did something wrong, so it is ok for China to also do something wrong? 2 wrongs don't make a right. Sure they make goods for the rest of the world, but it is not like they are doing it out of the goodness of their hearts, China heavily profited from it they destroyed their environment for greed. So in the past we didn't know global climate change was so bad, but now we know so we should be more aware of what we do, not do what you gotta do. We have gain lots of knowledge of our world since 50-100 year ago. Your logic is other people polluted it in the past and now we can see it is going to destroy us but lets continue on the same path to destruction because we have not done our fair share of damage and reap the rewards. How selfish are you?
You do know China released 10 times that amount of nuclear waste water into the ocean and it's not even being report. The very fact even French companies have to report on China's new nuclear powerplant because China's government keeps increasing the threshold on what is considered to be "safe" and you talk about Japan.
I wonder why no investigative journalist venture or investigate into the Fukishima nuclear water waste disposal. I see that journalism isn't free after all eh.
@@RandomDude10000 You mean like every Asian countries eat dogs and people in those countries admit it and even said they are trying to change it. However, when it comes to China, it's anti-China and DENIAL despite the fact there are dog's meat restaurant in every major Chinese city? Oh right, "hurt the feeling of 1.4 Billions Chinese people".
Let's be honest, If China want to harm Bangladesh, there are a lot of simpler ways that China can do than build a dam. If you do not count the political argument, building a new dam is always a good thing. It is only these political BS that are preventing the world to be better.
when complaining it's the dams that lead to fewer fish, maybe they should consider whether it's because of their overfishing. China has imposed a fishing ban for its Yangtze River for a term of ten years commencing from 2020 and maybe they should just learn.
are you suggesting that Thailand & other affected nations should impose a ban on fishing, on millions of people who rely on the river for a living (and many culturally for many many generations)? What works in China may not necessary work in Thailand and downstream countries. Regardless, if overfishing is possibly a contributing factor, banning is not the best approach, but sustainable fishing is (and I believe some form of government and NGO-initiated sustainable fishing is already underway). But to totally ban fishing is impossible
It's easier to blame China, than to assess the rampant sand mining, excessive fishing, and backward thinking of locals in the region. Even these countries downside of Mekong has build their own dams so why blame China.
More communication and agreements need to happen between all the countries involve. To allay all the fears that might not even happen e.g. fear of shutting off the tap and drying out the rivers etc... Hydroelectric need water to flow in order or it to work... also dams will prevents major floods and damages to downstream communities especially Bangladesh, where monsoon can cause massive floods and damages. Flow and release of water just need to be better managed to mimic the natural cycle etc. Going carbon neutral will save mother earth and humanity in the long run. Fish hatcheries can be set up if some fish species are affected etc...Countries need to sit down an talk to iron out all concerns and grievances, maybe some benefits from such projects need to be shared with countries downstream etc, which is most probably the unspoken real issue!! ...the benefits outweighs the adjustments that are inevitable with such projects.
@@arnowisp6244 You do understand that dams just delay the flow of water, don't you? Just delay it enough to harness it for generating power. You don't ever try to hold back an entire river with the dam, it'll just get filled up in hours or a few days then get destroyed if they do that, aside from flooding the whole area.
@@rap3208 i think this also depends on how many dams are there, but just looking at water only is missing out on the other important things too, like sediments and nutrient flow etc. All of these are essential to biodiversity and complexity of habitats downstream, and the absence and disruption of these natural materials will prove disruptive to the organisms that have evolved to live with the natural phenology of the rivers.
The dam not only to generate electricity, is also a water conservancy project, the dam can be in the plentiful water storage, water waterproof, seasonal flooding of the outbreak of China almost every year, but since the construction of several DAMS in the upper Yangtze river, the flood never similar in 1998 as the size of the damage, even precipitation is higher than 1998 years.
Bangladesh never flooded? And why bridges are built over Padma rivers. And dams have been built at Loas at the upstream of others South East Asia countries.
If you want to stop a dam, you need to have a scientific assessment of its adverse effects and benefits, which adverse effects can be overcome, which can be mitigated, which are inevitable and, if necessary, what compensation is reasonable. Instead of making a sensational documentary. Refusing to build a dam because of its side effects is almost as unreasonable as refusing to build a road. One day they tell you how bad DAMS are, the next they tell you how bad global warming is, and the next they tell you that nuclear power is unsafe, coal power is polluting, solar power is unstable, wind power is too expensive. They are so good at asking questions, but they never come up with a better solution.
Nuclear ; solar and wind ; china have mass land that unused in western part of your country which cause used to be solar farm and wind farm which also cause creat job for the local in your western part
@@jerryle379 sounds like you have read up on most of the Chinese current initiatives. They are doing all that at an unprecedented rate. Dams are also part of the green energy diversification.
China being selfish and callous as usual. They really are a blight. Singapore has always strived to be neutral, careful not to offend anyone whilst keeping our place on the international stage. I hope, if push comes to shove, our SG leaders would stand with our ASEAN neighbours where I think they will get more sincere loyalty rather than putting our eggs in the Chinese basket with its leaky holes everywhere.
Well if you don't like what China's doing then your country should go to war with China. That's how the world works, if you don't like something made by someone, don't expect the other person to kneel down and follow your orders. They will continue to pursue their goals. Don't like what they're doing? Bash them, or in terms of countries, go to war with them. Bring allies too. The greater the number the better.
That's how CNA portrays the situation esp. with video headline and appears very successfully got you gas-lighted. Read more widely incl view of all sides to get a more balanced view. It's also laughable to see you say "you strive to be neutral" yet in the same breath show your prejudice by already calling China selfish & callous. Do you even notice the irony of your own contradictions ? LOL 😱
China wants to hog all the water and control other countries through the flow of water. Then we have enough wumao here to say otherwise, but the drought in Thailand should tell how bad it is and the satellite image reveal even a bigger pictures.
Power always rules, manufacturing capacity, trade volume, technology advantages will shape the future power structure, land and resources will be comparatively less relevant.
Does China pay for the damages it committed by flooding its hydroelectric dam which inundated many countries? Chinese authorities pay damages to the Chinese people? that was destroyed, of its flood? La Chine paie-t-elle les dégâts qu’elle a commis en inondant son barrage hydroélectrique qui a inondé de nombreux pays ? Les autorités chinoises paient-elles des dommages et intérêts au peuple chinois ? qui a été détruit, de son déluge ?
Now 12 dams , within their territory, TH NGO , we all know who is who , The TH Mekong , need to dig deeper and fish farming and control , At the Vietnam side must build up higher sediments before goin out to sea . Yez for generations it feed the population but now is 2024 nothing g was done . China will dig it free but Th refused
Dr Elisabeth Hio Wa Lai talking nice for why have dam .. but what about ecological , cultural for those other countries who have great respect for Gods sacred life giving water .. she obviously got her degree in maybe Australia by her accent and should know that china government has an appalling record of anything human and moral shame on her !!!
QUESTION: Does suspending this huge amount (MASS) of river (WATER) in parts of CHINA would have great impact to our GLOBAL or Natural Earths Rotation Cycle? And, what are the impacts if Earths Rotation will be affected? In general, what will be the impact if a huge portion amount of water is suspended in a specific area where the flow of water or the nature of earth's water cycle (a portion) is halted? Does the water cycle correlates the Earths Rotation Cycle, specifically the mass (water suspension)?
@@china5603 Bullshit propaganda! The oceans have much greater masses of water. Prove the mechanism of the slowdown and how it is measured. What about other factors for any slowdown?
India also refused all objections of Pakistan and built several dams on Ravi,satluj, biyas, Jhelum and Indus rivers and even changed the way of water toward other indian province which earlier coming to Pakistan.now India should shut his mouth up and taste his own pill, as he did this himself before and dried river beds of Pakistan which önce full of water, there is drought in those areas now,water level and quality has decreased to very low.. China should not consider any objection and build not one but many dams so stop water so that india know what he did and still doing to the rivers were coming to Pakistan
@@sivanita28 how much India is spending? India is second largest defense buyer of the world, Pakistan is working on welfare of people from shelter home ,Free food to giving month every month to poor families. Pakistan has developed world best support program.not like India where more people in percentage are living Below poverty level and their country is the world largest basket of arms and defense importer. Go see some figures
@@sivanita28 so India did same asked for oxygen, India have more income inequality and more people in numbers and in percentage below poverty line than Pakistan, India is a begger and slum country
@@MrM-pp9zm you are trying to justify a lost point , pakistan is a failed state and failure by any measure india has moved on , grow up get a life or better still build up pakistan
IMO these dams serve to 33% to provide "clean green" energy but to 66% they serve for china to have a political boot on the neck of these countries in s.e.a., which together have a popultaion of over 400 million people (thailand and vietnam also have disputed claims on the south china sea with china): they serve as leverage, so that any country even trying to challenge beijing on a topic will have something very large to look out for, imagine your country being flooded because one of those dams had "technical difficulties"
China is far more benevolent than most of the countries at the same situation. First, it is totally Chinese sovereignty to develop a dam for hydroelectricity or other purpose. China agrees to consult with other country that is good enough. We did not use much of the river in the past does not mean we have no right to use it now. Second, the water of a river comes from all part of the drainage area, the upstream flow usually accounts a small portion of the total (around 17% as told in this video). Most part of Indochina and South Asia have much higher precipitation than China, they should find ways to retain rainfall if they really need more water. But more than often, they let rain water flooded into oceans.
Very informative documentary from the earlier asian river documentaries made by CNA. I applaud the efforts to interview stakeholders and people from both sides of the camp (affected countries, and lecturers from China and Hk, but disappointedly and understandably, no interviews from Chinese or Tibetan locals). Just as how the fight for carbon neutrality by investing in electrical cars have driven the demand for lithium, much environmental damage has resulted from unsustainable harvesting techniques. Similarly, the quest for carbon neutrality for China is highly debatable. Is hydroelectric energy even green when it causes so much environmental and ecological issues (even possibly extinctions of many freshwater species and loss of ecosystem functions and services), and also social issues and food security? I only hope that China, now controlling Tiben, can be wise stewards and 'treat the river' as how they would 'treat their own mothers'. And love thy neighbours
Hydroelectric energy is only green in English-speaking countries. When it comes to China, it is not. When it floods, Chinese dams cause the problem. When there is a drought, Chinese dams are the problem. English-speaking countries's dams even out and balance the water flow to solve floods and droughts. Isn't it interesting?
Sadly CCP's China would treat their mothers like their enemies if they dare stand up to them. CCP's China has no conscience and can not differentiate what is wrong from what is right.
@@kimalitatsui2358 Well said Ubu. You sounded like most young Hongkongers generation who grow up with western narratives. Blinded by hates with no logical thinking other than parroting Western MSM narratives. Good job Ubu.
@@sportsonwheelss Apparently you didn't watch the PBS documentary called Running the Gauntlet? And if you are not aware, the US is slowly demolishing their dams, one by one, due to the many environmental issues that dams bring. But of course, this ChannleNewsAsia documentary is not about all dams, but just the ones in China, because of socio-geopolitical factors. CNA is usually more focused on Asia (less Western and Europe). I am sure there are many documentaries out there on the environmental impacts of dams, regardless of their locations, but I think it is premature to hint that this documentary done by CNA is biased and seemed to focus only on Chinese dams. It IS focused on Chinese dams because the upstream dams that are built in Tibet are Chinese dams, and ever since these dams were built, the phenology of the mega river downstream has changed significantly, and has negatively affected millions of people across different countries. We are talking about people who culturally have depended on this river for many generations. If you are looking for negative impacts of dams on the environment, there are several out there but this is not one of them.
@@sportsonwheelss You are being harsh with Kimalita Tsui here....it is just ironical that the word 'blinded' and 'no logical thinking' is used to describe a youth who grew up in HK. seriously?
Hey CNA, do you think the Mekong river countries are not smart enough to negotiate with China? Don't spread rumours to cater for the interested few mat salleh ngo. You want to see the level of Mekong, just go to Bangkok.
Hydro power is clean substantial power project that will help to reduce global warming for all mankind, it benefits for future mankind 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳 Sadly so when any countries do something to improve the climate change, they will always be a side effect on a negative effects on something's else. Similar goes for electrical cars, what is the future side effect it's going to be ie what really happens to the future cars batteries and where are they going to buried or when they will to dismantle the batteries, how would it do to the environment. Just like cars tyres, plastic, especially plastic when it was 1st invented. It was extremely useful source for a lot of things, but now plastic is one of the biggest challenge to the global environment. etc Global warming is the biggest challenge for all of us, we are talking about long term future generations.
Thank you CNA, for this investigative report. No mention of more advanced renewable power generation options like the underwater turbines innovated in Europe? The PRC has found the best form of colonialism: countries pay for the privilege of being exploited and colonised. Corrupt governments not accountable to their people are easy pickings and the eventual financial ruin leading to asset transfers will be paid for by the local people, to the PRC's benefit.
Not just China does this kind of stuffs, by building dams upstreams on the rivers. The American built dams on their rivers upstreams, so the water flows down south are limited ...to Mexico. The same as in Turkey and Iran, the Turk and the Iranian built dams control water flow into Iraq's rivers, the Iraqi's rivers are dried up. If the Chinese want to colony Southeast Asian and South Asian Countries, they could have done them a long time ago before the Westerners appeared on your country and other Southeast Asian Countries and South Asian Countries.
You sound like an American to whom I have three words "the Colorado River", whose flow has declined by about 20 percent over the last century, according to a 2020 study. Dammed by the Glen Canyon, Hoover and the Morelos at the US-Mexico border, leaving Mexicans on the other side with a dry delta. A river which has not flowed to the Sea since 1998.
@@Djidiu civil war is between PLA and KMT before CCP became the regime rules China in 1949. Mao created CCP as the one party regime to rules China till now. The civil war has NOTHING TO DO with Taiwan and people living in Taiwan and they never were at war with CCP. It's NOT fair to punish them with force. KMT is NOT the government of Taiwan.
DAMS STORE WATERS WHEN IT RAINS IT MINIMIZE THE RISSSK OF FLOODS & THE DAMS NOT DIVERT THE DIRECTION OF WATER THROUGH WHICH IT FLOWS SO DAMS ARE GOOD FOR ALL OF THE COUNTRIES
Chinese hydro scientist lets built concensus based on data and science and use mitigation techniques to minimize impact , south east voodoo shaman, I feel it’s bad cause I feel it’s bad so it’s bad , let me shoot video of me on a boat to show you how bad it is , and let me repeat 5000 times how much I love rivers to show u credibility , I love river more than I love my mom lololololol
As we all know, there is a constant flow of water. If China intercepts the water, the water will not disappear, where did the water go? In addition, fishing and aquaculture will cause greater pollution and environmental damage to the river. Southeast Asian countries should provide jobs for their people instead of blaming China for affecting their fishing. Fishing will not make your life better.
Being a down stream country is just bad luck like being a land lock country. Things aren't under your control.
Daming up rivers leading to less water flow isn't a recent happening. US damed up the Colorado river, decreasing the water Mexico got back in 1950s.
Even until now, Mexico is powerless to do anything.
Today, engineering and scientific break through has made dams a lot more practical and the need to de-carbonize has given all the governments the political will to build more dams. Futhermore, it gives upstream countries a political bargaining tool and every country will use this tool.
Turkey, an upsteam country, has build many dams along the Tigris and Euphrates that Iraq is literally suffering from drought because the river is their only source of water in the desert climate. This maybe morally wrong but Turkeys government first priority is too look after is own people and the dam helps Turkeys economy and geo-politican landscape.
India is also taking advantage of their upstream location. India doesn't have the money and expertise like China so they are a bit behind but India has already started to many projects more plans to build more. Bangladesh and Pakistan has no say in what India can do inside their own border. Furthermore, India needs these dam because similar to China, India also needs more green energy and flood control methods. Of couse, there is also the matter of geo politics and India wants Pakistan feel the pinch.
China is building more dams to meet their green energy and water demands. The dams along the yellow and Yangtze also helps in the flood control. And like any country would, China is also using their geographical advantage for political reasons.
Ethiopia has now completed their great Renaissance Dam. This dam will affect the flow of Nile since the dam is build on the path of Blue Nile. Egypt isn't happy at all but Egypt can't dictate what Ethiopia does inside their own border and how Ethiopia uses its resources.
The answer to the problem is diplomacy but the upstream country will always have more power. That is unless, upstream country economy and military weaker than downstream country. Nepal is unable to take advantage because India is stronger that Nepal.
Soooo... downstream countries have to lie down and surrender? They should accept less drinking water and less food from dead, drying farmlands? If you're gonna treat you're neighbors as less than you, maybe they will dehumanise you back.
@@nikobellic570 Should rich people share their money to poor to make everyone else a bit happy?
Should countries with higher food production give countries will low food production their surplus food?
Should OPCE give oil to countries that produce less/no oil to help others with cheap energy?
Should countries with many productive farmland give some of their land to desert countries so others don't starve?
The world we live in isn't a fantasy. Every person has their own interest and every country has their own national interest. If taking certain action gives them advantage than they are likely to take the action. I know the things I have said are unfair but I am just being realistic here.
Their is such a thing called geographical advantage. People have been using geography to their advantage for ages and it isn't going to stop now.
@@crishhari5903 You are right. Every resources has a price. People who are taking resources for free from other people should not take it for granted. Through out history, rivers carry nutrients from up stream regions to downstream regions, carrying valuable resources away from upstream people and enriching downstream people. Technology finally provides the impoverished upstream people a means to change the natural balance a little less bad for them, giving them a new of the few options they have to improve their lives. A fair solution should be based on the principle that downstream people, which always are much richer and more prosperous from enjoying millions years of free resources at the expense of upstream people, should begin to pay for the water and nutrients they receive from upstream.
The downstream countries referenced here are not “land lock”. The only land lock country in south east Asia is Lao.
Thanks CNA insider Hi dear friends please save Tibetan plateau …Tibet is an unmanaged water tower,but China’s dance madness is massively threatening Asia’s water future from Bangalore middle-way Approach take a stand Tibetan plateau
Mekon River only 13% originate from upstream China. Even the China hold all the 13%, most effect is 13% drop. But dam has to release water to generate electricity. Environmental change, downstream reckless sand mining and construction activities are the major causes..
However somebody don't like science and truth
Mekon means maa(mother) Ganga in ancient times
I thought mekon river is originate from Tibet..my bad
This is all about politics. It’s fine to criticize China air pollution, but not ok for China to harvest green energy. Chinese solar panels farm is harming desert, planting tree is ruin the eco system, building dam is blocking water, a combination of sour grape and stereotype.
I am surprised that CNA actually dares to make a bad video about China.
Same thought 🤔
I think Singapore is not china
This is how Sgp displays it's deference,..it's sycophancy... to it's sovereign, Murica, using it's state-media, though the govt publicly but clumsily attempts to portray a neutral stance. And occasionally it send it's rabid anti-China ex-diplomat Kausikan to say/write something egregious to poke the bear, so to speak. 😁
Singapore's loyalty belongs to Singapore.
@@vanessali1365 lmao keep fooling urself
I'm a chinese. This episode about the people who live along the international river. They are sad because their lives have been changed. It's emotional and sad to me too. However, I want to know the real effect of building dams to the enviroment, a scientific reaserch explains how the dams affect the river. for example, China said water could be controled within chinese border is only 13%. and china does not use up the water but stored the water for a while and let go later. So the majority of the water is out of control from China. there are other reasons why they got less fish, climate change, overfishing, polution, overpopulation...look at the water color in the river, in china part it's clean and fresh, but look at the other part, yellow, dirty. Why not water polution is main reason for less fish? Why don't cna interview more scientists instead of only fisherman,
You know that even single dam in a wrong place can make migratory species extinct completely right? (If don't know, you can check out why Chinese paddlefish extinct).
@@enigma6682 I welccome all scientific research arguements. but CNA did not show that to me. It invited fisherman and activitists to argure no dam, of course they do. but Is this convincing to you? CNA could invite scientists from Tailand, vietnam or any country to comment on it. All human activities would somewhat harm the nature and eliminating the human beings is the only way to put the nature back to normal.
@@liveinsea1
-local should be the first who know what happened after the dam (like fish number decrease, more drought, migratory fish disappear etc.)
-Sad to say, but I don't think there is many scientists in the area can give much honest answer (if there is any at all)
I live in Thailand, and every time if there is a plan for dam constructions, who oppose it is usually (if not always) local(that mostly because they need to relocate), NGO and environmentalists, but not have scientists who being specialist about it.
I understand your point, and would glad to see interview with scientists but it not that easy (or who know, because of agenda of this media) if you want a documentary about Mekong that featured scienctists (including Chinese WWF water expert), I think you should try DW documentary.
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@@enigma6682 I got your point and agree that there is a fight btw economic development and enviromental protection. It applies to every country along the river. Each government want to built dams when they get chances and so the scientists will not against the governments. But are fisherman good people? not at all, they overfishing to make more money, they want more compensation from their government, nobody really care the enviroment. the solution is using solar panel at end that DW documentary is laughable because the government builds dams to generate electricity to run factories not just some lights at night. the CNA episode directing the problems fully to China is evil. human beings are greedy, they want big house good food, lights, AC, cars, and blame others for their problems.
@@liveinsea1
- there's 3 types of fisherman, villager who use traditional methods and catch only what they want to eat in daily basis, commercial fisherman that follow the quota limit and have a responsible, and who use destructive fishing methods like dynamite, trawling etc. for commercial purposes, the first and second are ok, the latter is horrible and need to be stopped, both in the west and in the east.
- really agreed that every country along the river side are greedy and usually prefer development over environment protection, however some countries are less caring than the other, and honestly, China and many countries in SEA not have such a great record about conservation in the recent decades (sorry to say that, I know there's alot of effort by some people, but seem it doesn't enough).
for a serious topic like this, strongly suggest CNA interview more scientists and provide more scientific data, instead of only interview the so called environment activists and fisher men, saying sentimental words won’t analyze this topic objectively.
Local people can tell you as it is because it is affecting them on a daily basis. They are mostly likely to tell the TRUTH!
As a freshwater ecologist studying food webs upstream of Three Gorges Dam in China, I can tell you that these issues are very complex and that we still don't understand very much at all in terms of the short and longer term ecological impacts. This broadcast is simply political activism that cherry picks information and tries to appeal to the viewers emotion by presenting individuals impacted by water shortages. Further, people should be aware that all users of the Mekong River are constructing dams or have plans to. This issue is much larger than just how one country is managing their section of the river. It's a global issue that exist both between and within countries.
Sounds more like a wumao than a fresh water ecologist lol
@@vanessali1365 , there you go instead of arguing the points presented you just cancel it with an ad hominem cliche. Very civil indeed.
@@tweedy4sg Does it sound like a creditble ecologist to you? It's a political statement made to bamboozle you.
Did i just here this guy complain that there is no more flood season?
Do Dams improve or deterioate the predictability of water flow? Given the changing climate nowadays? Producer seem like bias on one side with an hidden pre-sumption. There are over-fishing problem everywhere, not just at riverbank but also at sea. CNA need to up your game for missing too much critical arguements to get a balance view and reporting.
This kind of interview with citizens to discuss the allocation of resources between countries is meaningless, because this is not an issue of the environment and people's livelihood, but an issue of interest and control between countries. You can refer to how India controls Pakistan and Nepal through industries, how India controls Bangladesh through Brahmaputra, how Iraq was broken down by the UK into a water-scarce country, and so on.
ther is one treaty of water sharing and mangement btw india and pakistan..and two btw india and bangladesh..it myt be political but still takes the environment into consideration by sharing the information and not waking up to a full blown dam like in china..
its just like imposing one child policy and waking up to a disproportionate gender ratio and aging population..
if interviewing the man on the street, the very people who are affected by the damming, is meaningless, then all documentaries will be meaningless, and all forms of journalism will also be meaningless, and we should just leave our hands in the fate of political leaders......rather, interviewing citizens make perfect sense because their livelihoods are affected, their culture is being threatened. In fact, this documentary's target audiences are the man on the street, your every day citizens.
The Chinese won’t care for others but themselves….
是的，中国🇨🇳人利己，
但值得庆幸你生活在中国下游，
而非美国科罗拉多河下游。
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The US has been running this propaganda against Chinese dams on the Mekong for 2 decades now. China works closely with the Mekong River Commission comprising of nations along the Mekong to regulate the river flow. Floods during the monsoon period have been reduced while increased flow released from the dams during the dry season reduce the ingress of seawater into the delta and affecting the rice fields. More stable water flow and levels also increase fish populations, The proof is that there has been no shortages of fish for the last 20 years. The electricity from dams also reduce air pollution, reduce the fuel imports and enable the scarce funds to be diverted toward education, health facilities, etc. CNA is partly owned by US interests.
Totally agree 👍
then tell me, why migratory species in the river become critically endangered?
@@enigma6682 There is NO migratory species like salmon in these rivers, Can you name any?.
@@wulung5943 Mekong Giant Catfish (Pangasianodon gigas), Giant pangasius (Pangasius sanitwongsei), Julien golden carp (Probarbus jullieni), Mekong giant salmon carp (Aaptosyax grypus) etc. All of them are critically endangered.
@@enigma6682 Really? Salmon carp? 🤣🤣😂 Try your bullshit elsewhere.
All I can say is, Good luck to the country downstream of India
Good luck in the sense that the controlled flow will minimize regular flood and drought. The volume of flow is not impeded with proper water management. A win-win situation.
There are also hydroelectric power stations on other rivers in China. There is still a lot of water in the river
There are still a lot of water in where?
China by controlling the Mekong flow. China can coerce all the countries along the the Mekong to yield to its bidding.
The first few sentence of this video is simply skewed, dam do not make the water vanish, dam only minimises the peak of inflow and outflow
I thinks thesse two Thai activists are on western paryroll. Thailand built the dam on the rivers and why China,, Laos and others can't built the dams on the own territories.
Thailand do not have any dams on the Mekong because the Mekong does not flows through Thailand, they have to share it with Laos
Always thought Bangladesh had too much water. They have one of the heaviest and consistent rainfalls in the world.
Not worth much is you can't use the water.
Which is why Bangladesh all use farming technologies from china as all their seeds are gmo from china nowadays.
From the interview, I feel Thai fishermen blame all the changes of Mekong river to the dams. But actually climate change is already a world issue and they also have their own problems about pollution...
yes climate change and environmental issues are aplenty and are also of concern. But those questions are probably more relevant for another documentary. It is best to be objective and stay with the central theme of the mega dams in China and how it affects the ASIAN communities.
@@matlim right. This way, the fishermen's complaint about catching few fish is because of the dam and not how they all net fish the river day after days for years and still expect a bountiful harvest on subsequence years. Or the fact that the polluted water might also contribute to the decline of fish in the river. Let just target Chinese dams only.
They overfishing the fish,and totally blame China,it's ridiculous.IN Chinese land ,why can'T Chinese people use the water from the river.
我们这么个大国，商量一下就行了，他们同意呢，我们就建了，他们不同意呢，我们就继续建了，说一声是看得起你们，哈哈哈
Isn't it true that this dam can generate hydro-electricity, which helps to reduce carbon emission and fight against global warming? So do you prefer burning more coal?
but unfortunately, if you weigh up the positives and negatives, with all the environmental and socio-cultural issues factored in for this case study, then it does not sound that sustainable anymore. There are other alternatives of sustainable energy, such as wind, solar, and even small nuclear stations that can be considered
@@matlim who is doing the weighing matter doesn't it?
@@matlim So burning coal is the same, in terms as need to weight, right?
When seeing Indian and India, we have to know a funny things happens
Yeah they are very funny they gifted Buddhism to the world . very funny 😂
@@gamingshots2414 one man does not represent the country for eternity.
@@joeawk i understand
Interesting that CNA sounded more and more like BBC, did the ownership changed?
there are dams that can grant in the long term, and the Mekong has many tributaries.
Dams don't stop the flow of rivers, it just delays for a little bit so it can be harnessed to generate power. If there is no dam, the water will just flow straight to the sea. If there is a dam, you can delay and stretch the water supply a little bit until the next rainy season or spring again.
The instances where they are showing the river drying up or or lowering in depth will always happen during the dry season whether the dams are there or not. Frankly, the river drying up is delayed by the installation of the dams.
organic material that are trapped by each dam also brings about devastating changes to the river habitats, reducing aquatic biodiversity and decreasing the river's biological resilience to environmental changes. The holding back of water is only a part of the story
@@matlim So why not complain about the more than 15,000 dams in the US too? Or the more than 57,000 large dams worldwide? Yet you only complain about China's dams if what you are concerned are the destruction caused by dams in general.
There goes your argument, next time think it over...
Building dam in every one thousand miles is okay what China are doing in upper Mekong river is a major problem for the rest of lower Mekong river not only caused water to delayed the flow of water but it also preventing the fish from migration up and down the Mekong river.
Any alteration to natural flow of water..has to face some bad effects
@@rap3208 because the river is share by many countries. Supposedly!
I don't see how building dams will decrease a rivers total yearly outflow. Sure the discharge rate might change, but unless they're diverting it else where shouldn't it be the same?
The Chinese government could do more in the form of communications with downstream communities, that should be relatively straightforward compared to building dams. ☮️
You can build dam too
3 sets of rule to conquer any country. The land, air and water... Land expansion has been in progress, air has been also in progress with military sector increasing mobility and now the water by dams .. China is already seeing 10 steps ahead of a lot of countries with dozens of smoke screens... china strategist is smart
Water will be key resources in future ; let hope technology find away to made water cheap instead of relied on river which will dry up once gracia all smell
@@jerryle379 indeed. But with ongoing pollution and wealth gap that is still rising, I'm afraid consumable water scarcity will be at a higher level.
These dams are good for control floods. For sure, they will cause some changes to the environment and the lifestyle of the local people. However, we need to weigh the gain and lose. It is wrong to be just one-sided. CNA is very much biased on this issue.
Flood mitigation, irrigation management, power generation. How can fishing be used to deter dam construction?
Only idiots will complain.
This is similar to Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt disagreement over water. Downstream Countries can build dam on the river but all protest when upstream County also wants to build dam on the river.
If these people truly cares about environment, they need to do an episode of Japan releasing nuclear waste water into the ocean and its consequence. Even for global warming, sure China is the biggest carbon emission country in the world. but why ? what are they making all the goods for, the western world and the rest of the world. had every country made their own goods, China's emission will dramatically drop. Globally as a whole, carbon might actually increase if each country choose to produce individually - economy of scale. Also, who has been burning the most fossil fuel in the last 50 years or 100 years - the western worlds or more developed part of the planet earth. They already polluted in the past, global warming is a accumulative problem not an overnight crisis. you do what you gotta do.
so basically your answer is whataboutism? So Japan did something wrong, so it is ok for China to also do something wrong? 2 wrongs don't make a right.
Sure they make goods for the rest of the world, but it is not like they are doing it out of the goodness of their hearts, China heavily profited from it they destroyed their environment for greed.
So in the past we didn't know global climate change was so bad, but now we know so we should be more aware of what we do, not do what you gotta do. We have gain lots of knowledge of our world since 50-100 year ago.
Your logic is other people polluted it in the past and now we can see it is going to destroy us but lets continue on the same path to destruction because we have not done our fair share of damage and reap the rewards. How selfish are you?
You do know China released 10 times that amount of nuclear waste water into the ocean and it's not even being report.
The very fact even French companies have to report on China's new nuclear powerplant because China's government keeps increasing the threshold on what is considered to be "safe" and you talk about Japan.
I wonder why no investigative journalist venture or investigate into the Fukishima nuclear water waste disposal.
I see that journalism isn't free after all eh.
@@johnwong5317 No, his point is, there are very negative views about certain countries in the west.
@@RandomDude10000 You mean like every Asian countries eat dogs and people in those countries admit it and even said they are trying to change it.
However, when it comes to China, it's anti-China and DENIAL despite the fact there are dog's meat restaurant in every major Chinese city?
Oh right, "hurt the feeling of 1.4 Billions Chinese people".
China is the big brother. China can do whatever it wants. Nobody dares to challenge China.
Long Live Chairman Mao!
Not exactly, China doesn't bomb any other countries at its will nor export "freedom" and "democracy" to rob unadvanced friends.
Just by looking at the fishermen, they were catching small fishes...they caused the fish to diminish from the rivers
Let's be honest, If China want to harm Bangladesh, there are a lot of simpler ways that China can do than build a dam. If you do not count the political argument, building a new dam is always a good thing. It is only these political BS that are preventing the world to be better.
when complaining it's the dams that lead to fewer fish, maybe they should consider whether it's because of their overfishing. China has imposed a fishing ban for its Yangtze River for a term of ten years commencing from 2020 and maybe they should just learn.
are you suggesting that Thailand & other affected nations should impose a ban on fishing, on millions of people who rely on the river for a living (and many culturally for many many generations)? What works in China may not necessary work in Thailand and downstream countries. Regardless, if overfishing is possibly a contributing factor, banning is not the best approach, but sustainable fishing is (and I believe some form of government and NGO-initiated sustainable fishing is already underway). But to totally ban fishing is impossible
For some people, this world is not enough for them
For a documentary, this has some really scary ass background music. It this the trend? To pre-condition viewer's emotions?
It's easier to blame China, than to assess the rampant sand mining, excessive fishing, and backward thinking of locals in the region. Even these countries downside of Mekong has build their own dams so why blame China.
Anybody: *reveal that Chinese dams have a severe effects to environments with a solid evidences
50 cents army: Is CIA FuNd YoU!?
More communication and agreements need to happen between all the countries involve. To allay all the fears that might not even happen e.g. fear of shutting off the tap and drying out the rivers etc... Hydroelectric need water to flow in order or it to work... also dams will prevents major floods and damages to downstream communities especially Bangladesh, where monsoon can cause massive floods and damages. Flow and release of water just need to be better managed to mimic the natural cycle etc. Going carbon neutral will save mother earth and humanity in the long run. Fish hatcheries can be set up if some fish species are affected etc...Countries need to sit down an talk to iron out all concerns and grievances, maybe some benefits from such projects need to be shared with countries downstream etc, which is most probably the unspoken real issue!! ...the benefits outweighs the adjustments that are inevitable with such projects.
Not if the one controlling the dam is a despot known to have made enemies of many of these downstream countries.
@@arnowisp6244 You do understand that dams just delay the flow of water, don't you? Just delay it enough to harness it for generating power. You don't ever try to hold back an entire river with the dam, it'll just get filled up in hours or a few days then get destroyed if they do that, aside from flooding the whole area.
@@rap3208 i think this also depends on how many dams are there, but just looking at water only is missing out on the other important things too, like sediments and nutrient flow etc. All of these are essential to biodiversity and complexity of habitats downstream, and the absence and disruption of these natural materials will prove disruptive to the organisms that have evolved to live with the natural phenology of the rivers.
@@matlim Your argument is a FAIL!
Can't believe he drank that water. 😬
I cant believe he said "the river will become desert" either.
every country next to the river is damming it….
The dam not only to generate electricity, is also a water conservancy project, the dam can be in the plentiful water storage, water waterproof, seasonal flooding of the outbreak of China almost every year, but since the construction of several DAMS in the upper Yangtze river, the flood never similar in 1998 as the size of the damage, even precipitation is higher than 1998 years.
Let Japan resolve the issues of Mekong River !!! ha...ha...ha....They want to intervene in Taiwan as well !! Good Luck !!!
I wonder where are the online wolf warriors?
Bangladesh never flooded? And why bridges are built over Padma rivers. And dams have been built at Loas at the upstream of others South East Asia countries.
I feel only BTO are affordable. Resale flats
simply too expensive.
If you want to stop a dam, you need to have a scientific assessment of its adverse effects and benefits, which adverse effects can be overcome, which can be mitigated, which are inevitable and, if necessary, what compensation is reasonable. Instead of making a sensational documentary. Refusing to build a dam because of its side effects is almost as unreasonable as refusing to build a road.
One day they tell you how bad DAMS are, the next they tell you how bad global warming is, and the next they tell you that nuclear power is unsafe, coal power is polluting, solar power is unstable, wind power is too expensive. They are so good at asking questions, but they never come up with a better solution.
Well said!
well done! All actions should be built based on Science as the China's expert said in the interview.
thai and vietnamn government cannot do anything about it? they should try to do something for the benefit of their country
What could they do?
because of china and india building dams bangladesh has to suffer disaster flood during moonsoon and less water during dry season pathetic
Hehe, China is not allowed to develop coal power or nuclear power, and now it has ideas for China's development of hydropower. . .
Does China pay the damages it committed by flooding the hydroelectric dam that sent many countries to pay for the damages?
没办法啊，发电就是靠煤和大坝，中国走缺煤，进口煤还总是涨价，国际上还要碳中和，不准用煤发电，只有建大坝来发电。谁让中国是泉眼
Nuclear ; solar and wind ; china have mass land that unused in western part of your country which cause used to be solar farm and wind farm which also cause creat job for the local in your western part
不管有没有坝流到下游的水量是不变的
没有坝也有枯水期
做这视频的不是傻就是坏
@@jerryle379 sounds like you have read up on most of the Chinese current initiatives. They are doing all that at an unprecedented rate. Dams are also part of the green energy diversification.
China being selfish and callous as usual. They really are a blight. Singapore has always strived to be neutral, careful not to offend anyone whilst keeping our place on the international stage. I hope, if push comes to shove, our SG leaders would stand with our ASEAN neighbours where I think they will get more sincere loyalty rather than putting our eggs in the Chinese basket with its leaky holes everywhere.
Let's hope so and Hope you are right
Well if you don't like what China's doing then your country should go to war with China. That's how the world works, if you don't like something made by someone, don't expect the other person to kneel down and follow your orders. They will continue to pursue their goals. Don't like what they're doing? Bash them, or in terms of countries, go to war with them. Bring allies too. The greater the number the better.
That's how CNA portrays the situation esp. with video headline and appears very successfully got you gas-lighted. Read more widely incl view of all sides to get a more balanced view. It's also laughable to see you say "you strive to be neutral" yet in the same breath show your prejudice by already calling China selfish & callous. Do you even notice the irony of your own contradictions ? LOL 😱
China wants to hog all the water and control other countries through the flow of water.
Then we have enough wumao here to say otherwise, but the drought in Thailand should tell how bad it is and the satellite image reveal even a bigger pictures.
Power always rules, manufacturing capacity, trade volume, technology advantages will shape the future power structure, land and resources will be comparatively less relevant.
Does China pay for the damages it committed by flooding its hydroelectric dam which inundated many countries?
Chinese authorities pay damages to the Chinese people? that was destroyed, of its flood?
La Chine paie-t-elle les dégâts qu’elle a commis en inondant son barrage hydroélectrique qui a inondé de nombreux pays ?
Les autorités chinoises paient-elles des dommages et intérêts au peuple chinois ? qui a été détruit, de son déluge ?
Thanks for China to help us to avoid the flood every year that destroy many things.
China is definitely drying the Mekong River to benefit its own greed, and loves to thanks itself for that.
Now 12 dams , within their territory, TH NGO , we all know who is who ,
The TH Mekong , need to dig deeper and fish farming and control , At the Vietnam side must build up higher sediments before goin out to sea . Yez for generations it feed the population but now is 2024 nothing g was done . China will dig it free but Th refused
Sorry but bigger population needs more resources. Age of resource wars, we got alot of overpopulated nations that needs to be lowered with wars.
Nice China. 😬
Dr Elisabeth Hio Wa Lai talking nice for why have dam .. but what about ecological , cultural for those other countries who have great respect for Gods sacred life giving water .. she obviously got her degree in maybe Australia by her accent and should know that china government has an appalling record of anything human and moral shame on her !!!
QUESTION:
Does suspending this huge amount (MASS) of river (WATER) in parts of CHINA would have great impact to our GLOBAL or Natural Earths Rotation Cycle? And, what are the impacts if Earths Rotation will be affected?
In general, what will be the impact if a huge portion amount of water is suspended in a specific area where the flow of water or the nature of earth's water cycle (a portion) is halted? Does the water cycle correlates the Earths Rotation Cycle, specifically the mass (water suspension)?
No it won't. 😊
The Three Gorges Dam has altered the Earth's moment of inertia ever so slightly, causing the rotation to move more slowly.
@@china5603 thank you for the clarity
@@china5603 Bullshit propaganda! The oceans have much greater masses of water. Prove the mechanism of the slowdown and how it is measured. What about other factors for any slowdown?
@@china5603 then these new dams will change it back.. lmao.. u dont believe? go help them build it n see..
Do the CCP care? NOOOOOOOOOOOO
WHY CHINA SO GREEDY
India also refused all objections of Pakistan and built several dams on Ravi,satluj, biyas, Jhelum and Indus rivers and even changed the way of water toward other indian province which earlier coming to Pakistan.now India should shut his mouth up and taste his own pill, as he did this himself before and dried river beds of Pakistan which önce full of water, there is drought in those areas now,water level and quality has decreased to very low.. China should not consider any objection and build not one but many dams so stop water so that india know what he did and still doing to the rivers were coming to Pakistan
In the first place pakistan is a basket case spending money on defence rather than its peoples welfare, its bought and paid for by china
@@sivanita28 how much India is spending? India is second largest defense buyer of the world, Pakistan is working on welfare of people from shelter home ,Free food to giving month every month to poor families. Pakistan has developed world best support program.not like India where more people in percentage are living Below poverty level and their country is the world largest basket of arms and defense importer. Go see some figures
Pakistan still begs annually , a failed state
@@sivanita28 so India did same asked for oxygen, India have more income inequality and more people in numbers and in percentage below poverty line than Pakistan, India is a begger and slum country
@@MrM-pp9zm you are trying to justify a lost point , pakistan is a failed state and failure by any measure india has moved on , grow up get a life or better still build up pakistan
So many 50 cent xi shills commenting on here😅CCP crumbles with slightest criticism
IMO these dams serve to 33% to provide "clean green" energy but to 66% they serve for china to have a political boot on the neck of these countries in s.e.a., which together have a popultaion of over 400 million people (thailand and vietnam also have disputed claims on the south china sea with china):
they serve as leverage, so that any country even trying to challenge beijing on a topic will have something very large to look out for, imagine your country being flooded because one of those dams had "technical difficulties"
Interesting to see the massive growth of China economy. They build everything now.
Funded by angmohs?
CNA is taking an opportunistic parochial view.
这是个有用的话题，但希望后续能够反映更多的专家意见和相关的研究成果。
good. 10 more dams are needed then we could sell the water to downstream countries
So those tree are growing in the middle of the river before? Logic? 🤣🤣
Why go fishing all the time when you can just go to McDonald’s or KFC?a
What is with china?
The interesting thing is you ask the people without science background for their opinions….
China is far more benevolent than most of the countries at the same situation. First, it is totally Chinese sovereignty to develop a dam for hydroelectricity or other purpose. China agrees to consult with other country that is good enough. We did not use much of the river in the past does not mean we have no right to use it now. Second, the water of a river comes from all part of the drainage area, the upstream flow usually accounts a small portion of the total (around 17% as told in this video). Most part of Indochina and South Asia have much higher precipitation than China, they should find ways to retain rainfall if they really need more water. But more than often, they let rain water flooded into oceans.
Very informative documentary from the earlier asian river documentaries made by CNA. I applaud the efforts to interview stakeholders and people from both sides of the camp (affected countries, and lecturers from China and Hk, but disappointedly and understandably, no interviews from Chinese or Tibetan locals). Just as how the fight for carbon neutrality by investing in electrical cars have driven the demand for lithium, much environmental damage has resulted from unsustainable harvesting techniques. Similarly, the quest for carbon neutrality for China is highly debatable. Is hydroelectric energy even green when it causes so much environmental and ecological issues (even possibly extinctions of many freshwater species and loss of ecosystem functions and services), and also social issues and food security? I only hope that China, now controlling Tiben, can be wise stewards and 'treat the river' as how they would 'treat their own mothers'.
And love thy neighbours
Hydroelectric energy is only green in English-speaking countries. When it comes to China, it is not. When it floods, Chinese dams cause the problem. When there is a drought, Chinese dams are the problem. English-speaking countries's dams even out and balance the water flow to solve floods and droughts. Isn't it interesting?
Sadly CCP's China would treat their mothers like their enemies if they dare stand up to them.
CCP's China has no conscience and can not differentiate what is wrong from what is right.
@@kimalitatsui2358 Well said Ubu. You sounded like most young Hongkongers generation who grow up with western narratives. Blinded by hates with no logical thinking other than parroting Western MSM narratives. Good job Ubu.
@@sportsonwheelss Apparently you didn't watch the PBS documentary called Running the Gauntlet? And if you are not aware, the US is slowly demolishing their dams, one by one, due to the many environmental issues that dams bring. But of course, this ChannleNewsAsia documentary is not about all dams, but just the ones in China, because of socio-geopolitical factors. CNA is usually more focused on Asia (less Western and Europe). I am sure there are many documentaries out there on the environmental impacts of dams, regardless of their locations, but I think it is premature to hint that this documentary done by CNA is biased and seemed to focus only on Chinese dams. It IS focused on Chinese dams because the upstream dams that are built in Tibet are Chinese dams, and ever since these dams were built, the phenology of the mega river downstream has changed significantly, and has negatively affected millions of people across different countries. We are talking about people who culturally have depended on this river for many generations.
If you are looking for negative impacts of dams on the environment, there are several out there but this is not one of them.
@@sportsonwheelss You are being harsh with Kimalita Tsui here....it is just ironical that the word 'blinded' and 'no logical thinking' is used to describe a youth who grew up in HK. seriously?
Hey CNA, do you think the Mekong river countries are not smart enough to negotiate with China? Don't spread rumours to cater for the interested few mat salleh ngo. You want to see the level of Mekong, just go to Bangkok.
The river that flows through Bangkok is not Mekong, go study on geography first before commenting please
@@fredericktan857 his comment is embarrassing
Hydro power is clean substantial power project that will help to reduce global warming for all mankind, it benefits for future mankind 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
Sadly so when any countries do something to improve the climate change, they will always be a side effect on a negative effects on something's else.
Similar goes for electrical cars, what is the future side effect it's going to be ie what really happens to the future cars batteries and where are they going to buried or when they will to dismantle the batteries, how would it do to the environment.
Just like cars tyres, plastic, especially plastic when it was 1st invented. It was extremely useful source for a lot of things, but now plastic is one of the biggest challenge to the global environment. etc
Global warming is the biggest challenge for all of us, we are talking about long term future generations.
Thank you CNA, for this investigative report. No mention of more advanced renewable power generation options like the underwater turbines innovated in Europe?
The PRC has found the best form of colonialism: countries pay for the privilege of being exploited and colonised. Corrupt governments not accountable to their people are easy pickings and the eventual financial ruin leading to asset transfers will be paid for by the local people, to the PRC's benefit.
Not just China does this kind of stuffs, by building dams upstreams on the rivers. The American built dams on their rivers upstreams, so the water flows down south are limited ...to Mexico. The same as in Turkey and Iran, the Turk and the Iranian built dams control water flow into Iraq's rivers, the Iraqi's rivers are dried up. If the Chinese want to colony Southeast Asian and South Asian Countries, they could have done them a long time ago before the Westerners appeared on your country and other Southeast Asian Countries and South Asian Countries.
You sound like an American to whom I have three words "the Colorado River", whose flow has declined by about 20 percent over the last century, according to a 2020 study. Dammed by the Glen Canyon, Hoover and the Morelos at the US-Mexico border, leaving Mexicans on the other side with a dry delta. A river which has not flowed to the Sea since 1998.
@@JA-pn4ji You are absolutely correct about American built dam on the Colorado River.
Jesus, Three Gorges Dam doesn't even have a connection to the Mekong river. CNA should study geography before making this lazy video.
Sadly, dams destroyed China's pink dolphins which can never be replaced
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China and Taiwan should be good friends.
CCPchina, playground bully, doesn't want to be friend with little Taiwan. CCP wants to invade Taiwan to show the world how powerful it's become...
@@vanessali1365 Chineses 🇨🇳🇹🇼 must finish their civil war.
@@Djidiu civil war is between PLA and KMT before CCP became the regime rules China in 1949. Mao created CCP as the one party regime to rules China till now. The civil war has NOTHING TO DO with Taiwan and people living in Taiwan and they never were at war with CCP. It's NOT fair to punish them with force. KMT is NOT the government of Taiwan.
Why befriend something i own?
Who wants to befriend a bully?
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DAMS STORE WATERS WHEN IT RAINS IT MINIMIZE THE RISSSK OF FLOODS & THE DAMS NOT DIVERT THE DIRECTION OF WATER THROUGH WHICH IT FLOWS SO DAMS ARE GOOD FOR ALL OF THE COUNTRIES
im suprise cna insider ccp media bootlicker make a bad video about china
Im surprised Australian type English format like Chinese Asian man!
@ his name is "Australian" not Australians, and clearly the joke went completely over your head, you Grammar Nazi
@ maybe he was Australiens
Chinese hydro scientist lets built concensus based on data and science and use mitigation techniques to minimize impact , south east voodoo shaman, I feel it’s bad cause I feel it’s bad so it’s bad , let me shoot video of me on a boat to show you how bad it is , and let me repeat 5000 times how much I love rivers to show u credibility , I love river more than I love my mom lololololol
CNA is a rotten underbelly channel!Reject it!
As we all know, there is a constant flow of water. If China intercepts the water, the water will not disappear, where did the water go? In addition, fishing and aquaculture will cause greater pollution and environmental damage to the river. Southeast Asian countries should provide jobs for their people instead of blaming China for affecting their fishing. Fishing will not make your life better.
im suprised that cna insider make a bad video about china
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go fishing in south china sea then.
Laos has no sea though. Fully landlocked.